Identify the location of network resources, such as, a webpage (http://www.my_company.com/).
( URL s) are the addresses used to locate files and services provided across the Internet in much the same way a file on a personal computer has a path to locate it. The URL consists of three parts: a protocol (e.g. http, telnet, gopher), a server name (e.g. csv.warwick.ac.uk) and finally the path to the file.
Internet addresses for online resources, such as Web pages, files, mailboxes, and newsgroups.
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are simply internet addresses, usually written as a text line beginning http:// and displayed at the top of the screen in most browsers. In order to access a particular file or web page you need to know the address of the computer it is hosted on and the pathway on that computer. This has been simplified in the naming system developed for the internet which incorporates all of the internet protocols (e.g. http, gopher, ftp) without the user having to worry too much about the technicalities.
Used to identify the location of network resources like webpages. Example: http://www.my_company.com